Health workers under the auspices of the Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) will Monday next week commence a 7- day warning strike in all federal health institutions.
This followed a 15-day ultimatum issued by the workers which would expire midnight of September 13, 2020.
Chairman of JOHESU, Comrade Biobelemoye Josiah, who stated this in Abuja, said the action became necessary following failure of government to meet her demands.
JOHESU has been having running battle with the federal government over failure to pay 50 percent Special Inducement Allowances to frontline health workers involved in the containment of coronavirus in Nigeria.
The union’s grievance which may necessitate a full blown strike in the health sector is the alleged shortchanging of the union in payment of COVID-19 special inducement and hazard allowance.
“The Federal Ministry of Health (FMoH) ought to redress and supervise the adherence to payment of 40% or 50% COVID-19 Special Inducement Allowances as appropriate to all health workers in Isolation Centres, the FHIs or other related health facilities without discrimination bordering on clinical or non-clinical status based on our MoU of 21st April, 2020, and as admitted by the FMoH at a meeting of 1st July, 2020, that the payment of 10% was done in error,” it said.
